Gi Advanced
The worm guard position explained in fifteen seconds. Useful as a quick reference for where the lapel goes, nothing more.
Control
Worm Guard
Wrapping the opponent's lapel around their own leg from open guard to build the worm guard.
Also called worm guard entry, feeding the lapel worm guard, worm guard control.
Where it shows up
Related techniques
Shorts
Gi Intermediate
Three back takes from worm guard, a compact look at the lapel-assisted path to the back.
Gi Advanced
Nick Salles shows two ways to free the legs and pass a complex lapel or worm-style guard.
Gi Intermediate
A quick back take from De La Worm, mixing DLR and the lapel wrap.
YouTube videos
Gi Intermediate
Worm guard to back take as a training clip: when they try to step out of the lapel wrap.
Gi Advanced
Keenan Cornelius's Worm Guard 101: sit to guard safely with the lapel, go to DLR, pass the lapel outside your ankle and behind their knee, and hand it to the other hand. The canonical entry.
Gi Advanced
Keenan's introduction to lapel guard, including the pendulum spin-under sweep that shoots the leg through to the far hip and deliberately avoids ending in 50/50.
Gi Intermediate
An easy back take from worm guard when the opponent stands and tries to unwind the lapel.